A Canadian hockey player took off her silver medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics in protest after coming in second to US rivals.
Defenseman Jocelyne Larocque pulled the medal from her neck just seconds after it was placed there on Thursday.
The 29-year-old said her ’emotions took over’ after losing gold to America in a shootout.
The loss ended a four Olympic games streak, in which Canada had earned four gold medals.
Larocque, a two-time Olympian, then held onto the medal during the ceremony.
She has since apologised for the statement – saying she wishes she could ‘take it back’.
Issuing a statement through Team Canada, the two-time Olympian addressed the IOC,… Read the full story
from Metro http://metro.co.uk/2018/02/23/hockey-player-takes-off-silver-medal-protest-losing-usa-7336182/
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